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To: Pierre-X who wrote (2790)	3/12/1998 2:48:00 AM
From: Frodo Baxter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

>Hmm, name some examples of that? Yawn. PCI. AGP. USB. UDMA/33. SDRAM. UDMA/66. And yes, Firewire. If you think Intel is not the final arbiter on all things I/O (and I mean internal I/O communication, not I/O devices like modems), you just haven't been paying attention. >I submit for your thoughts my belief that the strong players should observe what is going on, think through where the market needs to go, and enforce a standard by muscle. Wintel has always done that... inasmuch as they are able to. Your other examples have nothing to do with Intel. Intel has as much ability to dictate modem standards as Microsoft has of which web pages I decide to browse. p.s. the prospect of barking at my computer fills me with ennui.

To: Pierre-X who wrote (2790)	3/12/1998 7:36:00 AM
From: Stitch	Respond to of 9256

PX I agree. The best standard is the "de facto" standard. ST512, DOS, Windows, RS232, Best, Stitch